[PATCH 07/14] fbdev: nvidia: fix potential memory leak in nvidiafb_probe()

From: Abdun Nihaal

Date: Thu May 14 2026 - 04:25:53 EST


In nvidiafb_probe(), the memory allocated for modelist in
nvidia_set_fbinfo() is not freed in the subsequent error paths.
Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist().

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c
index da2d486022e8..7d20c4087aeb 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c
@@ -1424,6 +1424,7 @@ static int nvidiafb_probe(struct pci_dev *pd, const struct pci_device_id *ent)

err_out_iounmap_fb:
iounmap(info->screen_base);
+ fb_destroy_modelist(&info->modelist);
err_out_free_base1:
fb_destroy_modedb(info->monspecs.modedb);
nvidia_delete_i2c_busses(par);

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2.43.0